inheres_in realized_by infectious agent transporter role infectious agent vector role Lindsay Cowell The role is realized in a transmission process. A bearer of a vector role is also a bearer of a host role. Albert Goldfain Alexander Diehl An infectious agent transporter role that is borne by an organism active in the transfer of an infectious agent to an organism of another Species and in which the agent is infectious. infectious agent organism Suggested label: indirect pathogen transmission process indirect